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franchise was the hardest-won of all social and civil rights, and from it all other
rights and freedoms flow. The Bush coup smacks of desperation and shows just how
deep is the crisis at the heart of US and world capitalism. But it is also a
potentially fatal error, whether forced or no (that remains to be decided, IMO). We
should make the defence of democracy the centrepiece of all our struggles from now
on, for that is where the Bush ghouls and the bankers and financiers of the
corporate monopoly capitalism have put it.
Yes, let's have a kindly, more benevolent (more democratic) capitalism. And as soon as
it runs into crisis, out will come the jackboot again. You just don't get it Mark, do
you? All this language about the Bush "coup" and how he "stole" the election is just
taking the whole circus at face value. In fact what we see just a little more clearly
through elections like this is just what a circus it has been for so long. Frankly the
logic which says in a context like this "look at how important and progressive the
franchise is today" is one that eludes me. Unless what you mean is "lets all vote for
the Bushes of this world to put an end to illusions." Now that at least makes a bit of
sense. A franchise will no doubt be important again in a different sort of society,
but it looks pretty irrelevant to me in this one.
Tahir
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